Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Mr. Phelan's Draft Experience

Yesterday, our principal Mr.Phelan gave a speech about his experience visiting the Military draft board. He was still in school but he wasn't graduating that year due to his grades. He also felt scared because his 2 uncles had been prisoners of war in WWII.
He told us that he received a letter from the military in the mail telling him to report there to have a physical performed. He was "very scared" because he didn't want to be apart of the war. He decided to say that he had a bad back and bad knees from sports and his girlfriend at the times father was a doctor so he got his medical records. He reached the end of his series of tests and they stamped his paper acceptable. He was upset because he couldn't believe it. His friend looked at his folder and then he realized that the officer stamped acceptable for his dental records and that he in fact had been rejected because of his "bad knees and back"

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